Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

These bumps are called villi, and they play an important role in absorbing nutrients into your bloodstream to keep you healthy. You may think of the small intestine as a smooth tube that winds its way ...

During fetal development, the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells go through a surprising transformation and relocation as they fight infections in the gut.

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture and serves many essential ... Due to the presence of high shear and other stressors in the intestinal lumen, the ...

Alveoli in the lungs, fish gills and the villi in the small intestine are adapted so that they have short diffusion distance, big concentration difference and large surface area. This means that ...

Because sex and pregnancy hormones regulate RANK–RANKL signalling, we assessed the structure of intestinal villi — tiny, finger-like protrusions in the gut lining that provide a large surface ...